Last night it was hard for me to sleep. My mind was racing, anxiety was pumping, my spirit was awake and alert. I hadn’t felt like this since… the night before we came back from the Philippines. Appropriate, because tonight we meet for our Parent Information Night for our missions trip to Haiti. Last time [...]
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My Other Social Experiment
November 4th, 2010 
joshherndon Every winter, Starbucks brings out the holiday drinks with their signature red cups. It may sound silly, but drinking out of a festive cup on a chilly day just feels better. So our friends would go out of our way to make sure that we would make our way to Starbucks, order an egg nog [...]
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No Comments »A Wrecking Experience [Our Philippines Team Documentary]
July 30th, 2010 joshherndon Central Student Ministries (csm411.info) and El Sobrante Christian High School (escschool.com) went on a missions trip to Cabanatuan City, Philippines in June-July 2010. We returned wrecked by experiencing life, purpose, God, in a way we never had before. And we’re not looking to go back to the way we were before. Here’s the stories of [...]
Stories from PI
July 15th, 2010 joshherndon Several of my Philippines team members shared some stories from our missions trip this past Sunday. You can listen to it here. Related Posts:No Related Posts
10 Leadership Lessons when Leading a Missions Trip
July 10th, 2010 joshherndon I just got back from leading my first missions trip to the Philippines and it showed me how much I still have to grow as a leader. Here’s a couple of leadership lessons I learned (sometimes, the hard way): Be preventative. Pay attention to the team dynamics so if there’s tension growing, you can address [...]
Philippines Day 11: The 48 Hour Day
July 8th, 2010 joshherndon Here’s some crazy math for you: At 12:30am (local time) our team took flight to Seoul, Korea. .5 hour. We arrived in Seoul at 5:30am (local time). 5 hours. We slept on floors and ate bagels until 10am. 4.5 hours. We took a tour until 12pm into Incheon to an ancient temple and walked the [...]
Philippines (I lost track of the) Day: Catchup
July 6th, 2010 joshherndon Internet service has been terribly sporadic, so I apologize for the lack of updates. But let me catch you up to speed. Here’s some highlights: Our team passed out 36,255 Books of Hope to students at 25 schools in Cabanatuan City! We visited an orphanage and served them dinner– something I’m sure blessed us more [...]
Philippines Day 7: Baptisms and Balut
July 4th, 2010 joshherndon I was riding in the car to a school when Cecilia mentioned to me that she’d never been baptized. I asked around the car to see who had been baptized and only a few said they had! Each of these students have been believers for several years. So I told the team that if they [...]
Philippines Day 5.5: Getting Ready (Video)
July 2nd, 2010 joshherndon A look into what we look like before taking the stage. Related Posts:No Related Posts
Philippines Day 5: I Have a Testamony
July 2nd, 2010 joshherndon Anyone who believes in the Son of God has this testimony in his heart. Anyone who does not believe God has made him out to be a liar, because he has not believed the testimony God has given about his Son. -John 5:10 There are two main types of “presentations” we do in the schools: [...]